Category Archives: Alabama Tourism

WHITEWATER RAFTING in Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Whitewater’s massive, recirculating river system is divided into two channels. Our Creek and Competition Channels include class II-IV whitewater activities. Perfect for beginners to intermediate paddlers and rafters, the channels mimic a natural river. The 2,200-foot-long Creek Channel is designed for a Class II whitewater experience and is an excellent introduction to whitewater. A […]

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ALABAMA TOURISM INDUSTRY GROWS NEAR RECORD $17 BILLION

For immediate release Twenty-eight million tourists spent a record $16.8 billion while vacationing in Alabama in 2019, the Alabama Tourism Department reports, crediting the arrival of more than a million additional guests who spent a billion dollars more than tourists the previous year.   With growth at nearly 8 percent, it was the third consecutive […]

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Tourism Tuesdays March 3, 2015

Alabama Tourism launches The Year of Alabama Barbecue Canadian outdoor adventure show a success World’s largest tourism trade fair underway in Berlin Lectern goes from basement to a starring role in “Selma” Wade joins Patti LaBelle to perform March 7 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March Montgomery mural depicting voting […]

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